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Overcoming self-doubt has been a work in progress for Olympian, Isobel Batt-Doyle.

What successful athletes can teach us about self-doubt, even if you’re not into sport

As we head into the running season, self-doubt is inevitable. Three Olympic athletes reveal how they manage it when the going gets tough.

  • Sarah Berry

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Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands celebrates after winning the Women’s Marathon.

She won the most incredible gold medal of the Paris Olympics. Now she’s coming to Sydney

Dutch great Sifan Hassan claimed marathon gold just days after winning two medals on the track. She is the latest star to sign up for the Sydney Marathon.

  • Iain Payten
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The seven friends taking Run It Straight from the schoolyard to the world

Six months ago, a group of friends in Melbourne decided to launch an organised version of the hit-up game they played at school. Six months later, RUNIT has become a social media sensation.

  • Kayla Olaya
Australian sprinter Lachlan Kennedy crosses the finish line in a personal best 9.98 seconds at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kennedy breaks 10-second barrier for 100m

Lachie Kennedy has joined Patrick Johnson in running under 10 seconds for the 100m.

  • Michael Gleeson and Iain Payten
A record number of participants turned out for the 2025 event.

Record numbers hit Perth streets for charity run as Adam Selwood honoured

The HBF Run For A Reason has raised more than $1.9 million so far. The late West Coast player was fundraising and training for the event before his death.

Goodge in Bondi Beach, where he finished his record-breaking run he described as a “revolving nightmare that wouldn’t end”.

‘A revolving nightmare that wouldn’t end’: The man who ran from Perth to Sydney in 35 days

English endurance athlete William Goodge on Monday became the fastest man to cross Australia on foot. But the record came at a terrible physical and psychological cost.

  • Kayla Olaya
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John Curtin College of the Arts student Charlotte Ehioghae, 13, in the 100m sprint at the 2025 Australian Championships held at WA Athletics Stadium, Perth.

This WA student broke the 100-metre world record – but it didn’t count

In a cruel twist of fate – the same that befell star sprinter Gout Gout at the very same competition in Perth last month – an illegal tailwind stopped her from claiming the title.

  • Holly Thompson

I’ve jumped on this bandwagon, and I have no regrets

There is a rather silly human tendency to sneer at things once they become popular.

  • Jamila Rizvi

Faster than Usain Bolt at the same age: The Ipswich schoolboy turned $6 million man

Meet Queensland teenager Gout Gout: A-grade student, prefect, Mario Kart fiend – and, at 17, the talk of global sprinting.

  • Konrad Marshall

The March 15 Edition

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